Partnering with an Aboriginal Community for Health and Education
Cultural awareness is a concept that is gaining much attention in health and education settings across North America. This article describes how the concepts of cultural awareness shaped the process and the curriculum of an online health education project called Interprofessional Collaboration: Cult...
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ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ejournals.library.ualberta.ca:article/8511 2023-05-15T13:28:54+02:00 Partnering with an Aboriginal Community for Health and Education Carter, Lorraine Rukholm, Ellen North America Contemporary 2009-03-05 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjuce-rcepu/article/view/8511 https://doi.org/10.21225/D5KW23 eng eng Canadian Association for University Continuing Education http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjuce-rcepu/article/view/8511/6869 Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education; Vol 35, No 2 (2009) 0318-9090 Education; Literature info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftunivalbertaojs https://doi.org/10.21225/D5KW23 2016-07-03T15:30:04Z Cultural awareness is a concept that is gaining much attention in health and education settings across North America. This article describes how the concepts of cultural awareness shaped the process and the curriculum of an online health education project called Interprofessional Collaboration: Culturally-informed Aboriginal Health Care. The exploration focuses on the interactions among faculty members and educational developers from Laurentian University, Elders of the Anishinabek tradition, and members of the Anishinabek community known as the North Shore, an area approximately two hours northwest of Sudbury. The project's curriculum is driven by choices made by the Anishinabek Elders, with support from their cultural community and the local university. The online module developed for this project provides health-care students at Laurentian University, with access to traditional knowledge, including the teachings of the Medicine Wheel and the Seven Grandfathers. Ideally, these teachings will lead to an increase in culturally informed care for Anishinabek clients and their families in northern Ontario. The process used by the university-based team with the Elders and the larger community of the North Shore is recommended as a possible template for university-based teams working with Aboriginal partners. Finally, the Anishinabeks of the North Shore are recognized as a cultural exemplar of a community that appreciates the intersection and potential of traditional knowledge and contemporary health education practices and technologies. Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* University of Alberta: Journal Hosting Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education 35 2 |
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Cultural awareness is a concept that is gaining much attention in health and education settings across North America. This article describes how the concepts of cultural awareness shaped the process and the curriculum of an online health education project called Interprofessional Collaboration: Culturally-informed Aboriginal Health Care. The exploration focuses on the interactions among faculty members and educational developers from Laurentian University, Elders of the Anishinabek tradition, and members of the Anishinabek community known as the North Shore, an area approximately two hours northwest of Sudbury. The project's curriculum is driven by choices made by the Anishinabek Elders, with support from their cultural community and the local university. The online module developed for this project provides health-care students at Laurentian University, with access to traditional knowledge, including the teachings of the Medicine Wheel and the Seven Grandfathers. Ideally, these teachings will lead to an increase in culturally informed care for Anishinabek clients and their families in northern Ontario. The process used by the university-based team with the Elders and the larger community of the North Shore is recommended as a possible template for university-based teams working with Aboriginal partners. Finally, the Anishinabeks of the North Shore are recognized as a cultural exemplar of a community that appreciates the intersection and potential of traditional knowledge and contemporary health education practices and technologies. |
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Partnering with an Aboriginal Community for Health and Education |
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